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The Twenty-Seventh Greater Sin: Avoiding Jihad
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Chapter 29
The Twenty-Seventh Greater Sin: Avoiding Jihad
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According to the Qur’an and hadith, to flee from Jihad is a Greater Sin. It is the twenty-seventh sin. The following verse of Surah AnfÄl is clear. It concerns running away from a confrontation with unbelievers when they are less than twice the number of Muslims.
“O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve marching for war, then turn not your backs to them. And whoever shall turn his back to them on that day- unless he turn aside for the sake of fighting or withdraws to a company then he, indeed, becomes deserving of Allah’s wrath and his abode is hell; and an evil destination shall it be.”
(Surah AnfÄl 8:15-16)
Hazrat Amir ul-Mu’minÄ«n ‘Ali (a.s.) says:
“Those who flee from the battlefield should know that they have angered their Lord and have damned themselves to destruction because fleeing from the battle causes Allah’s anger. And one who flees from the Holy war will be certain to face calamities and eternal degradation and his fleeing will not prevent death, and his life cannot be prolonged. That is, if the time of his death has arrived, his fleeing will not delay it. He will die due to some other reason. On the other hand, if the time of his death has not yet arrived and he participates in Jihad he will not die. Thus it is better for one to pledge his life to Allah rather than live in Allah’s anger, degradation and dishonour.”
